Great People, but high stress and low compensation. - Software Developer Paradigm Employee Review

3.0
19 Feb 2020
Recommend
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Pros

The team I am a part of is a really great group of people. In my position I've been able to travel to some beautiful places. I've also been able to work on a variety of technologies in a short amount of time gaining a lot of valuable experience.

Cons

Micro management and just poor management overall at the top. As my time here continues there is a glaring flaw that this company hires so many managers at every level but not enough people to actually do the work. Instead they like to utilized offshore work to make as much of a profit as possible. This goes all the way up to the very top. There are so many occasions where particular things are developed out of order and then there is pressure coming from the CEO to a developer to complete a project before that project is defined, and once he has an idea he doesn't care about any of the work needed to get to that end point. He just wants it done and he wants it done now it doesn't matter if there's no reasonable way to test real world scenarios or that the work that decisions that need to be made on the setup can significantly change what needs to be done at the end point.

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5.0
25 June 2025
Recommend
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Pros

A Really great, relaxed culture. Understands value of remote work. Work life balance is a core value as far as I can tell. Paradigm has one thing that very few companies have which is they do genuinely reward and recognize people who put effort forward and care with further opportunities and compensation.

Cons

The pay is middling for this type of job but the low level of stress + culture of rewarding effort can mitigate that. Raises are not amazing but if you shine you can get promoted to a better role and pay bracket.

1.0
10 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Company culture as a whole. Many of the long time employees are recognized and valued greatly by management and HR.

Cons

A lot of changes quickly that will most likely come back and bite them. New leadership is so AI and technology focused that they are skipping crucial steps. Tons of restructuring and getting rid of quality people because they staffed them in roles that they seem "redundant" now.

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